The languages of global hip-hop [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marina Terkourafi

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44
• Soggetto topico: Hip-hop; Rap (Music)
• Classificazione: 17.24
• Altri autori: TerkourafiMarina
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: A Fresh Look at Some Old Questions; 1. Multilingualism, Ethnicity and Genre in Germany's Migrant Hip Hop; 2. Kiff my zikmu: Symbolic Dimensions of Arabic, English and Verlan in French Rap Texts; 3. 'We ain't Terrorists but we Droppin' Bombs': Language Use and Localization in Egyptian Hip Hop; 4. Roma Rap and the Black Train: Minority Voices in Hungarian Hip Hop; 5. Empowerment through Taboo: Probing the Sociolinguistic Parameters of German Gangsta Rap Lyrics; 6. Glocalizing Keepin' it Real: South Korean Hip-Hop Playas ; 7. From American Form to Greek Performance: The Global Hip-Hop Poetics and Politics of the Imiskoumbria8. Keeping it Native (?): The Conflicts and Contradictions of Cypriot Hip Hop; 9. Hip Hop, Ethnicity and Linguistic Practice in Rural and Urban Norway; 10. From Chi-Town to the Dirty-Dirty: Regional Identity Markers in US Hip Hop; 11. Realkeepen: Anglicisms in the German Hip-Hop Community; 12. 'She's so Hood': Ghetto Authenticity on the White Rapper Show; Glossary of Hip-Hop Terms; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the case of hip-hop, the forces of top-down corporatization and bottom-up globalization are inextricably woven. This volume takes the view that hip-hop should not be viewed with this dichotomous dynamic in mind and that this dynamic does not arise solely outside of the continental US. Close analysis of the facts reveals a much more complex situation in which market pressures, local (musical) traditions, linguistic and semiotic intelligibility, as well as each country's particular historico-political past conspire to yield new hybrid expressive genres. This exciting collection looks at lingu
• Titolo autorizzato: The languages of global hip-hop
• ISBN: 1-282-71007-9; 9786612710070; 1-4411-1639-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784937203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in Sociolinguistics